Authorities on Tuesday released the roughly 80-second 911 recording from the Silver Rail Elementary shooting, capturing Kaylub Giamanco as he warned he would shoot the gunman at his daughters’ school. The call shows the 36-year-old father responding while the attack was unfolding at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
Giamanco told the dispatcher, “Someone's at the school, at my daughters' school with a gun. I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now if I have to,” before adding, “This is my daughters' school. I'm about to go kill this kid.” He also shouted, “Silver Rail Elementary! Silver Rail Elementary!” as he tried to explain the scene.
Kaylub Giamanco Call
The recording adds a direct account of how he reacted after the gunman began firing at a vehicle and then moved toward the school. Giamanco said his first words were, “Oh my God.” When asked whether he knew the shooter's identity, he replied, “No, I don't f---ing know, I was just driving,” and later said, “God d--- it, they're f---ing shooting people. Come on!”
That sequence shows the call moving in real time: Giamanco described an active attack, the dispatcher kept asking for details, and the dispatcher said, “We have help en route.” The recording ended with, “Sir, I need you to tell me what's going on,” leaving the call as a snapshot of the minutes before the confrontation inside the school.
Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend
Giamanco later rushed into the school with his handgun and killed the 16-year-old shooter. His two daughters were inside the school and survived. The attack killed three children ages 5, 8 and 11, along with a 25-year-old teacher.
The release of the recording on Tuesday puts the focus on the brief window when a parent at the school tried to understand what was happening and moved toward the gunfire. For families connected to Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, the call now provides the clearest public record yet of how one father responded as the shooting unfolded.
Tuesday Recording Release
The source does not explain why authorities released the recording on Tuesday. What the call does show is that Giamanco was on the line while the attack was still active, that he told dispatch he had a gun, and that he said he would shoot the gunman if he had to.
